Grill the user relentlessly about a plan or design. Use when the user wants to stress-test a plan before building, or uses any 'grill' trigger phrases.
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name: grilling
description: Grill the user relentlessly about a plan or design. Use when the user wants to stress-test a plan before building, or uses any 'grill' trigger phrases.
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Interview me relentlessly about every aspect of this plan until we reach a shared understanding. Walk down each branch
of the design tree, resolving dependencies between decisions one-by-one. For each question, provide your recommended
answer.
Ask the questions one at a time, waiting for feedback on each question before continuing. Asking multiple questions at
once is bewildering.
If a _fact_ can be found by exploring the codebase, look it up rather than asking me. The _decisions_, though, are mine
— put each one to me and wait for my answer.
Do not enact the plan until I confirm we have reached a shared understanding.
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